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This morning I posted 2 sequences of info about how to create CustomPOIs and How to use POIs in making a 'TourGuide'. I remember playing around with these when I got my first Zumo a 550 in 2010 I think. The instructions from Garmin - which are not very clear - have remained the same since. I'd be su...

#7 Placeholder I am just leaving this here in case I need to add anything else. I've been wanting to document this process for a long time - never wuite got round to it. It seems like a lot of work, but actually, when you get into it it is quite rapid. A single GPI file can contain a lot of points o...

#5 Tour Guides - Install POI Files and Test Save the POI file on the XT The POI file has been saved on the computer in the location that you specified. (eg J:\TG-Demo\TG-Demo.gpi ) Connect the Zumo XT using the USB cable and wait for it to show up in your File Explorer. Copy the file and paste it o...

#5 Tour Guides - Create the POI file Prepared Files We should now have a folder, close to the root, called TG-Demo. (eg J:\TG-Demo) In there we should have a single GPX file which contain all of the Waypoints that we have prepared. In my image below, the right hand folder tree shows this file as To...

#4 Tour Guides - Create the GPX file All images on this page are extracts from full size screen shots. Click on the image in order to see the detail of the original. We need to use Basecamp for this, and there is a departure from the POI instructions here. It is possible to put all of the resources...

#3 Tour Guides - Create Sound, Icon, Image The picture can be a photograph or a drawing - anything that can be saved as a JPG file. Whatever size it is, it will be reduced in size to fit into a 480x360 windows on the Zumo screen. This may mean that the image is stretched or squashed, or it may mean...

#2 Tour Guides - Create Your Folder Structure This is best if the main folder is just off the Route. I will use J:/TG-Demo/ Inside that I need 3 sub-folders - one for the files that are associated with each Waypoint/POI. If you have more Waypoints, you need more subfolders: J:\TG-Demo\TourGuide-01\...

#1 Tour Guides - OverView A TourGuide is a feature which allows Saved locations to be plotted on a map which will alert your when you get close enough. A POI is plotted on the map An MP3 file can be played when you are in the vincity - this could be music, a narrative or a simple ping. A photo to a...

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I am leaving this almost blank page here in case there is something that I have missed and need to add anything extra.

#6 Testing at Your Desk Testing is easier if you choose your test route points to be within a couple of miles from your current location. Assuming that is the case, these are just brief pointers as to what to do. Copy the GPI file to SDCard/Garmin/POI. Restart your Zumo and check the following: Plu...